Mass comparison of the 1 kg silicon sphere AVO#3 traceable to the International Prototype K

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Picard, A ^a   Bignell, N ^b   Borys, M ^c   Downes, S ^d   Mizushima, S ^e  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^b NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOGADRO CONSTANTS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; INTERNATIONAL PROTOTYPES; MASS DETERMINATIONS; MASS MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE COMBINED STANDARD UNCERTAINTIES; STANDARD UNCERTAINTIES; VACUUM CONDITIONS;

NONMETALS; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VACUUM;

SPHERES;

EID: 65249178543     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/1/001     Document Type: Article

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